Charles W. Rarick
Dec 28, 2018
Charles Winfield Rarick, age 92, of Arriba, Colorado was born on April 13, 1926 to Ed M. Rarick and Ida (Eberle) Rarick northwest of Arriba. He was the last of six children. Charles attended school in Bovina, Colorado through the ninth grade and graduated from Arriba High School in 1944.
Charles helped out on the farm for a year and served...
Della F. Purviance
Dec 26, 2018
Della Fae (Gramm) Purviance was born on September 11, 1965 to Richard L. Gramm and Elvira (Runge) Gramm in Burlington, CO. Della was welcomed home by her bothers Dale and Bill.
She attended the Burlington schools and graduated with the class of 1983. While in school she played volleyball and was a member of the band. She waitressed for many years,...
Anita G. Stewart
Dec 20, 2018
Anita Gay Stewart was the 1st born child to Howard and Eileen Stewart on May 15th 1940. She went to the Burlington Schools and graduated in 1958. From there Anita went to CSU in Ft. Collins.
While in high school and during her summers while attending college; Anita worked as a telephone operator and was a member of a local bowling...
Nina Lou Ford
Dec 19, 2018
Nina Lou Walker Ford was born November 8, 1927, in Seibert Colorado to Aubrey Walker and Winnie Anderson Walker and entered into rest December 19, 2018. She was 91 years old.
She received her education in Flagler, graduating high school in 1945. She attended Denver University for two years. She then moved to Vona, Colorado where she got a teaching job....
Helen Lucille Stanko
Dec 18, 2018
On Tuesday December 18, 2018, Helen “Lucille” Stanko was taken to heaven, she was 86.
Lucille was born as Helen Lucille Young on June 27, 1932 to Harold and Myrtle (Moody) Young. She grew up south of Simla, CO near Alta Vista, CO with her 3 siblings. After graduating from Simla High School, she moved down road 7 miles to Matheson,...
Violet L. Knapp
Dec 17, 2018
Violet Leona (Lundvall) Knapp, a lifelong resident of the Idalia and Burlington area, was born August 24 1914 in Hale, Colorado and died December 17, 2018 in Burlington, Colorado. She was the third of six children born to Email Cordell Lundvall and Flora Mae (Stafford) Lundvall/Bauder. Her father came to the United States at age 9 from Stockholm, Sweden. Violet...
Paul Gering
Dec 8, 2018
Paul Edward Gering was born June 26, 1921 on his parent’s farm 22 miles northeast of Flagler, Colorado. His parents were Edward Gering and Edith Huntzinger Gering. His three younger siblings were Marie Gering, Earnest Gering and Lewis Gering. He was in the Shiloh community for almost his entire life, attending Shiloh Central School and being baptized at the Shiloh...
Kathy Grokett
Dec 8, 2018
Kathy Ann Grokett was born to Virginia and Hugh Green on February 13, 1950 in Hugo, Colorado. The family lived down at Boyero on the Schafer ranch where Kathy helped her dad with the horses. Kathy had a great passion for horses. She grew up riding and ranching with the Schafer boys. Kathy showed several horses and won Champion and...
Constance J. Claussen
Dec 3, 2018
Constance “Connie” Joann Claussen of Vona, CO died peacefully at home after battling a long illness. Connie was born in Grand Prairie, TX on April 15th, 1945, to Vera and Chalon Renfro. She was a dedicated employee of United Airlines for 25 years, where she was a flight attendant, based primarily out of Denver. In 1993, Connie married Darwin "Dar"...
Clara B. King
Nov 27, 2018
Clara B. King, 93, passed away November 27, 2018, at the Lincoln Community Care Center in Hugo, Colorado. She was born to Warren and Lulu Ballard on January 24, 1925, in Holt City, Nebraska.
As a teenager, Clara helped her older brother with haying around Bassett, Nebraska. She then worked at the University of Nebraska in the Ag Department for around...
Sheila Banks
Nov 27, 2018
Sheila Ann Banks was born July 17, 1942 in Beaver, Oklahoma to Virgil D. and Jessie Mae (Reagan) Devers, and passed away on Tuesday November 27, 2018 at the Lincoln Community Care Center in Hugo, Colorado after a brief illness.
Sheila grew up on the family farm, 10 miles east of Perryton, Texas and graduated from Perryton High School in 1960. ...
Robert P. Brush
Nov 25, 2018
Mr. Robert “Bob” Page Brush, 76, of Genoa, Colorado, died peacefully in his home with family by his side on November 25, 2018.
Bob was born in Huntington, New York, in 1942 to John and Autumn Brush. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Donna (originally from Limon.) He also leaves behind two sons: Sam (Maura) of Long...
Donald R. Elliott
Nov 24, 2018
Donald R. Elliott was born on August 2, 1935 in Hugo, CO to Garson and Cassie Elliott. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 24, 2018. He grew up in Hugo with three brothers and five sisters. He graduated from Hugo High School in 1955. After graduation he moved to Denver and pursued a career in the engineering...
Dorothy Turner
Nov 12, 2018
Dorothy (Ford) Turner passed away Sunday, November 11, 2018.
She was born on a farm outside Marlette, Michigan on May 26th 1930 to Matthew and Edith Ford.
She married Gordon W. Turner on December 25, 1950. She had 10 children; Barbara, Mary, Charles, Arthur, Eva, Annette, Jim, Reta, Ida and Brenda.
Dorothy did books for her husband, worked at Stuckey’s, Seibert Food store...
Mark A. Turner
Nov 10, 2018
Cheyenne Wells, Colorado resident, Mark A. Turner passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, November 10, 2018. He was 73 year old.
Mark was born on June 7, 1945 to Majorie Priscilla (Mumford) and Melvin A. Turner in Denver, Colorado. He was one of five children born to this union.
He attended school in Wheatridge, Colorado and...
Darlene E. Yates
Nov 8, 2018
A memorial service for Darlene will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the First St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Burlington with Pastor Jeff Hanson officiating. Inurnment will follow at 11:00 AM in the Columbarium at the Fairview Cemetery in Burlington. Then the family would like to invite you back to the church following the urnment for a potluck luncheon.
Jay Snyder
Nov 5, 2018
Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident, Jay Snyder passed away on Monday, November 5, 2018 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington. He was 71 years old.
Jay was born on September 2, 1947 to Mort and Betty (Curtis) Snyder in Goodland, Kansas. Jay was their firstborn child, followed by his sister, Becki, and infant brother Mickey Paul.
Jay attended school in...
Carleen Theel
Oct 28, 2018
Carleen was born on August 7, 1950 to Henry and Dorothy Theel in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. The family moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota and then to Alamosa, Colorado where she attended school and graduated from Adams State College.
Her parents brought her to Byers for her first interview as an elementary teacher, and she taught second grade and fourth...
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